The destroyed the dislike button a few days ago. On YouTube. Maybe I should say the “dislike meter”. The button is still there. And I’m sure a few millions of could feel our stomachs turn. Our lower lips clench. Our eyes take in air as they flared. As we said to ourselves, “the ability forContinue reading “Inner Beauty Parry 12/14/21 – The YouTube Dislike Meter Elegy (The Internet’s Final Tantrum)”
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Inner Beauty Parry 11/30/21 – Resentment for Charity Walks (The Knot Into Your Hands)
One day, I heard someone talk about how irritating walks for charity are. Or, you know, fundraisers based upon pledges and things like that. One person promises to move, to walk, to run, so that someone else can donate based upon their efforts. I looked up to see if there were discussions. Someone raved similarly.Continue reading “Inner Beauty Parry 11/30/21 – Resentment for Charity Walks (The Knot Into Your Hands)”
CarHonk Catharsis (The Big Damn Freakin’ Elevator Pitch)
You know what they say about trying to promote your ideas. If you can’t do it in the length of an elevator ride, you’re probably fucked. You ever try crossing the street in the middle of a traffic jam? Chances are, one car is gonna stop for you. And there’s a good chance the carContinue reading “CarHonk Catharsis (The Big Damn Freakin’ Elevator Pitch)”
THE HUNTERIAN OPIATE 9/8/21 – The Silent Honor of Enforcing Licenses Explains Nearly Everything
Writing about licenses is a bit of a strange thing for me to do. I don’t really have a license to do anything. Never really acquired one. And when it comes to ID cards….I’ve already written about that before. But right now I can’t think of a better way to articulate what’s inside of me.Continue reading “THE HUNTERIAN OPIATE 9/8/21 – The Silent Honor of Enforcing Licenses Explains Nearly Everything”
L1’s Almanac – Why Trying to be Socially Competent is Like a Game Show Where You Jump Through Stupid Foam Cutouts
Have you seen the game show Hole in the Wall? People have to fits themselves through a space in a wall that is supposedly made just for them as it glides down an alley, or else you are dumped into the water. It’s a show that makes me smile, so silly, so endearing. But why?Continue reading “L1’s Almanac – Why Trying to be Socially Competent is Like a Game Show Where You Jump Through Stupid Foam Cutouts”
[Purpose-Result Friction] Theory Diaries – The Charm of the Lost Receipt (Gratification For/Against Thieves)
The windowsill in my apartment building………… I found a receipt on it. I was tempted to pick it up. I did pick it up. It was from Subway, the sandwich shop. They got…..some kind of normal sandwich, whatever. But you see……I was excited. I was glad. Because I could see how deeply wanting to pickContinue reading “[Purpose-Result Friction] Theory Diaries – The Charm of the Lost Receipt (Gratification For/Against Thieves)”
The Found Emotion.com – 10 Examples of the Emotion I Discovered
Welcome, stranger. Give me a bit of your time, and you will become a different person.See that tagline up there? Yes, I’m bold enough to insist that there’s an emotion without a name. I’ve described it up there. Let’s move forward. 1. Shut the fuck up Apple, You don’t own Charlie Brown There are people “generously”Continue reading “The Found Emotion.com – 10 Examples of the Emotion I Discovered”
Original Comparisons: Why Celebrities are (un)like Real Heroes
I’m here to make a statement. I open up my throat and sing. I’m here to make you undulate. Agreeing with me and not, you rise and fall, and stop at a place. You embody wavering, doing so without movement. You undulant being. Your undulant feeling. I open up my veins and screech. Celebrities areContinue reading “Original Comparisons: Why Celebrities are (un)like Real Heroes”
The Hunter’s Connection (Invoke Yourself: A Human Manifesto 2.1)
Let me ask you, what is the difference between humans and beasts? What is that hidden obvious distinction between “people” and “robotic” beings? It’s the aspect of the hunter, of a gatherer on a true hunt. It’s the connections that they make, going through the world in which they act. It is bold to sayContinue reading “The Hunter’s Connection (Invoke Yourself: A Human Manifesto 2.1)”
The Found Emotion (Invoke Yourself) 